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69.005 Acherontia atropos - Death's-head Hawk-moth

Death's-head Hawk-moth (Acherontia atropos)
Death's-head Hawk-moth (Ach...

Species account from Moths of Glamorgan
(Gilmore, Slade & Stewart, 2009):

A migrant from southern Europe and north Africa. Irregularly recorded from May to October. Although most of the records are for imagines, larvae have also been reported on Potato. The only significant influx in Glamorgan for this species, Britain's largest moth, was in 1933, when a total of seven were reported.



10km Distribution Map

Blue squares represent records from before 2000, Red squares are post 2000 records.

Tetrad Distribution Map

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Moth Records

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Site Gridref Quantity Date Recorder More Info
Pyle SS8282 1 09 Oct 1976 G. Morgan
Hensol ST041775 0 30 Aug 1996 N. Moss
Penllergaer SS6198 1 09 Sep 1928 Unknown
Porthcawl SS813766 1 1895 F.W. Frohawk
Resolven SN8202 0 22 Sep 2003 Unknown
Rest Bay, Porthcawl SS8078 1 29 Sep 1963 H.D. Morgan
Cowbridge SS9974 0 03 Sep 1944 T.A. Richards
Ty-coch, Swansea SS6293 0 1914 H.R. Wakefield
Penarth ST1871 1 1917 Howard Hallett
Porthcawl SS813766 1 08 Nov 1933 E. Davies
Berthlwyd saltmarsh SS5696 1 1998 M. Carroll
Llantrisant (Evan John site) ST0483 0 1857 to 1914 Evan John
Ewenny SS9077 1 01 Nov 2001 Hutin
Neath (a) SS7496 0 1938 H.W. Thompson
Swansea University (se) & Swansea Bay shore 1km square SS6391 1 11 Jun 2003 Steve Walmsley, Sarah Walmsley
Pontypridd ST0690 1 11 Sep 1933 Arthur Gardener
Kenfig NNR Reserve Centre SS801810 6 24 Sep 2017 Mike Cram
Caerphilly ST1586 1 1950 to 1970 J. Purnell
Rhondda SS9596 1 24 Nov 1933 A. Jones
Rhoose ST0666 1 20 May 2002 Sian Powell
Penllergaer SS6198 1 1850 to 1920 J.P. Llewellyn, J.T. Llewellyn
Bridgend SS9079 1 29 Sep 1933 A. Turner
Kenfig National Nature Reserve Visitor Centre SS802809 6 23 Sep 2017 B. Stewart, S.J. Stewart
Porthcawl SS813766 1 Sep 1995 Phil Rixon
Margam Orangery SS802862 1 02 Oct 2003 R Jones
Roath (central), Cardiff ST1977 1 12 Sep 2007 C. Jones, L Jones
Dinas Powis ST1571 1 24 Nov 1925 Unknown
Margam Abbey SS802862 1 03 Oct 2003 Alison Lloyd
Pennard saltmarsh (within meander : north side) SS542883 1 17 Sep 2016 Penny Gruffydd
Barry (centre) ST1268 1 24 Nov 1925 Unknown
Parkmill / Lunnon 1km square SS5489 1 1913 to 1926 H.R. Wakefield
Cardiff (Historical) ST1876 1 30 Jun 1931 D.W. Watkins
Bridgend, Laleston SS8779 2 28 Sep 1995 D.R.W. Gilmore
Nottage, Porthcawl SS8178 7 09 Aug 2017 D.G. Carrington
Maudlam SS808818 1 04 Sep 2000 Unknown
Swansea SS6592 2 1915 H.R. Wakefield
Canton (Victoria Park), Cardiff ST155769 1 03 Nov 1978 P. Sharma
Morriston, Swansea SS6698 1 10 Jun 1933 H.R. Wakefield
West Cross (East) SS6189 1 1964 Paul Llewellyn
Dowlais, Merthyr SO0607 1 1900 to 1927 George Fleming
Llandaff North, Cardiff ST1578 1 1890 M.A. David
Dinas Powys ST1571 1 12 Jun 2020 Migrant Lepidoptera News
Cardiff Docks ST205745 1 13 Jul 1932 M.A. David
Cardiff Bay (Wetland Reserve - CBWR) ST185742 1 09 Oct 2006 David Hall
Kilvey West SS6694 0 1917 H.R. Wakefield
Bridgend, Pen-y-Fai SS8982 1 29 Sep 1999 Miles
Barry (Atlantic Trading Estate) ST1367 1 27 Oct 2005 D. Cartwright
Dinas Powys ST154709 1 20 Sep 2001 Jeff Curtis
Peterston-super-Ely ST0876 1 01 Oct 1929 G.J. Williams
Pontcanna Allotments ST163782 0 Jul 1996 Glamorgan Moth Recor Group
Bridgend, Laleston SS8779 0 28 Sep 1995 Unknown
Kilvey West SS6694 0 1915 H.R. Wakefield
Jersey Marine SS715935 0 04 Aug 1933 Unknown
Nottage, Porthcawl SS8178 7 08 Aug 2017 Unknown
Gendros SS6395 0 1917 Unknown
Ogmore-by-sea SS863755 0 30 Jul 1983 Michael Archer
Llandaff, Cardiff ST1577 1 16 Jul 1926 W.J. Holloway
Kenfig Pool & surrounds (KPS) SS79158127 1 05 Nov 2014 D.G. Carrington
Penclawdd SS5596 1 26 Sep 1929 A. James Jenkins
Cardiff Bay Wetland Reserve ST188740 0 09 Oct 2006 Anon
Aberdare, (St John the Baptist School) SN993028 1 14 Sep 2006 Ben Manning
Pontcanna Fields (south east), Cardiff ST1776 0 Jul 1996 S. Evans
Parkmill / Lunnon 1km square SS5489 1 1913 to 1926 H.R. Wakefield

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Death's-head Hawk-moth (Acherontia atropos)
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